1970 FIBA World Championship

The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from May 10 to 24, 1970.[1] It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America.

1970 FIBA World Championship
Светско првенство у кошарци 1970
Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1970 FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
DatesMay 10–24
Teams13
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
MVP Sergei Belov
Top scorer Shin Dong-Pa
(32.6 points per game)

Competing nations
Group A Group B Group C

 Australia
 Cuba
 Czechoslovakia
 United States

 Brazil
 Canada
 Italy
 South Korea

 Panama
 Soviet Union
 United Arab Republic
 Uruguay

 Yugoslavia – advanced automatically to the final round as host

Venues
Group A[1] Group B[1] Group C[1] Classification round[1] Final round[1]
Sarajevo Karlovac Split Skopje Ljubljana
Dvorana Skenderija Sportska Dvorana Mladost Mala dvorana Gripe Sala Gradski Park Hala Tivoli
Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 7,000

Preliminary round
Qualified for the final round
Qualified for the classification round

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 272 201+71 6
 Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 262 249+13 5
 Cuba 3 1 2 205 209−4 4
 Australia 3 0 3 185 265−80 3
10 May
Australia  70–94  Czechoslovakia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
10 May
United States  74–53  Cuba
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
12 May
Cuba  80–82  Czechoslovakia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
12 May
United States  99–62  Australia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
13 May
Cuba  72–53  Australia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo
13 May
United States  99–86  Czechoslovakia
Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 288 229+59 6
 Italy 3 2 1 254 229+25 5
 South Korea 3 1 2 240 247−7 4
 Canada 3 0 3 216 293−77 3
10 May
Brazil  82–77  South Korea
11 May
Canada  88–97  South Korea
11 May
Brazil  94–93 (2OT)  Italy
12 May
Canada  69–84  Italy
13 May
Brazil  112–59  Canada
13 May
South Korea  66–77  Italy

Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 302 161+141 6
 Uruguay 3 2 1 222 221+1 5
 Panama 3 1 2 236 266−30 4
 United Arab Republic 3 0 3 206 318−112 3
10 May
Uruguay  90–73  United Arab Republic
11 May
United Arab Republic  77–107  Panama
12 May
Panama  52–110  Soviet Union
13 May
Uruguay  79–77  Panama
13 May
Soviet Union  121–56  United Arab Republic

Classification round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Cuba 5 5 0 455 337+118 10
 Panama 5 3 2 425 408+17 8 1–1; 1.006
 Canada 5 3 2 409 412−3 8 1–1; 1.000
 South Korea 5 3 2 428 397+31 8 1–1; 0.994
 Australia 5 1 4 394 433−39 6
 United Arab Republic 5 0 5 367 491−124 5
16 May
Canada  65–98  Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
17 May
Australia  95–81  United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
17 May
South Korea  88–91 (OT)  Panama
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
Panama  90–83  Australia
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
United Arab Republic  64–103  Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
19 May
South Korea  79–77  Canada
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
United Arab Republic  73–93  South Korea
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
Australia  61–90  Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
20 May
Panama  79–81  Canada
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
Panama  94–69  United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
Canada  80–76  Australia
Skopje Hall, Skopje
22 May
South Korea  76–77  Cuba
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Australia  79–92  South Korea
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Canada  106–80  United Arab Republic
Skopje Hall, Skopje
23 May
Cuba  87–71  Panama
Skopje Hall, Skopje

Final round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Yugoslavia 6 5 1 445 397+48 11
 Brazil 6 4 2 416 421−5 10 1–0
 Soviet Union 6 4 2 478 386+92 10 0–1
 Italy 6 3 3 411 403+8 9 1–0
 United States 6 3 3 431 376+55 9 0–1
 Czechoslovakia 6 2 4 440 509−69 8
 Uruguay 6 0 6 342 471−129 6
16 May
Yugoslavia  66–63  Italy
17 May
Brazil  69–59  Italy
18 May
Brazil  55–80  Yugoslavia
20 May
Italy  76–65  Uruguay
20 May
Czechoslovakia  84–94  Yugoslavia
21 May
Uruguay  45–63  Yugoslavia
23 May
Uruguay  81–86  Brazil
23 May
Italy  58–62  Soviet Union
23 May
Yugoslavia  70–63  United States
24 May
Yugoslavia  72–87  Soviet Union

Final ranking

All-Tournament Team
Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Top scorers (ppg)
  1. Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea) 32.6
  2. Davis Peralta (Panama) 20
  3. Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 19.3
  4. Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 18.5
  5. Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.5
  6. Lee In-Pyo (South Korea) 18
  7. Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 17.7
  8. Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 17.3
  9. Bob Molinski (Canada) 17.1
  10. Victor Hernandez (Uruguay) 16.5

References
  1. VI World Cup (Ljubljana 1970)
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